Issue #3: Winter 2015/16

Pioneers Post Quarterly 3
  • Cover feature: do you know the difference between venture philanthropy and impact investing?
  • Global Focus on the state of social enterprise in east Africa.
  • The Black Cab Interviews: Lord Victor Adebowale talks street sweeping, democracy and fairness.
  • The Pioneer Post Essay: the SE100 Annual Report tells us how UK social ventures are doing.
  • Pioneers Post Business School - Find out where social investment money is going, why some social investment fails and the future for charity.
  • PLUS: We find out how European innovation will help refugees, see what a £250m social business looks like and finally, get to go down the pub.
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Opinion: Questions that need asking

The collapse of Kids Company and the BAAF further emphasised the need for proper management of UK charities. For that to happen, exacting scrutiny is imperative, argues Julia Grant of Impetus-PEF.

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The future of charity

The annual International Fundraising Conference (IFC) attracts over a thousand delegates from major charities and is curated by the Resource Alliance. We asked new CEO Kyla Shawyer what was dominating the conversation in the sector.

Collection: The Review
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The Review: Ding Dong!

Your favourite local pub is put up for sale. You're fearful that it will be bought and have its character changed or be turned into luxury flats. What to do? Get the community together and buy it, that's what.

Collection: Day in the Life
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Day in the Life: Rob Love

Love is the Chairman of Crowdfunder and also the MD of River Cottage. Here he tells us about his hectic household, the opportunity of being ‘more than profit’ and going surfing at lunchtime.

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Investor Profile: Caroline Mason

After feeling completely disenchanted by the mainstream financial sector, CEO of the Esmée Fairbairn Foundation Caroline Mason explains why the world of social finance appealed. 

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